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there are still several bottlenecks to be resolved in order to increase testing capacity, they are working on itThat can only be done safely - without the risk of causing a new and perhaps even bigger spike in the number of seriously ill and dead - when countries are able to test a reasonably high part of their population, identify the hotspots of infection (where isolation rules should be stricter), isolate the infected for at least 15 days, keep the people in groups under higher risk isolated for an even longer time, and so on. I don't think the USA or, for that matter, Brazil can do that yet without running into huge risks of public health (and a huge crisis in public health will inevitably become an economic crisis, too).
furthermore, someone who just got the virus and is still developping it in its early stages will test negative, but he can already contaminate others
for the moment further spreading is contained by lockdown measures
but for China where the lockdown is gradually released, testing is vital to detect new contaminations and to prevent the virus to spread again
first the virus has to be contained by a general quarantaine
when abolishing quarantine good monitoring by testing will be required